Thrown out of Norway – must send application to participate in separate trial – NRK Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
– Now I have been expelled from Norway. I experience the fact that I now have to appear in court as a double burden, says Kristensen Lists24.
In February, she must appear in the Agder district court, charged with gross social security fraud.
The 39-year-old mother of four was deported from Norway this summer after having lived in the country since 2001. The reason was that she lied about her country of origin as an 18-year-old.
She came from Djibouti, but stated that she was from Somalia.
– I think I have received my punishment, as I have worked and paid my taxes for all these years, and have been careful to do something right and not take advantage of the system, says Yasmin Kristensen.
The fear that the police would pick up the mother at night broke the family from Lyngdal. When Yasmin Kristensen was deported from Norway this summer, she moved with her husband and children to Denmark.
It was one of the family’s many supporters who found “the solution” with moving to the neighboring country. An opening in the EEA regulations makes it possible for families to move within Schengen, explains the family’s lawyer Nadin Askeland Humlen.
Must apply for the lifting of the entry ban
It was in 2020 that the state attorney brought charges against Kristensen. The trial will take place in Agder district court in February.
She is accused of having used a false identity and led employees at NAV to wrongfully receive child benefits, sickness benefits, parental benefits, unemployment benefits, cash benefits and employment verification benefits totaling NOK 1,651,366.
She is also charged with having given a false statement to public authorities.
Because she has been expelled from the country, she must apply for the lifting of the entry ban so that she can appear in court.
Kristensen’s lawyer informs Lists24 that she will assist her client with this.
Lie to get a stay
Kristensen lived under threats of forced marriage in his home country of Djibouti. When she fled, an aunt encouraged her to say she came from Somalia. It was set as the only option for obtaining a residence permit.
The Norwegian authorities discovered the lie in 2014. By then Kristensen was well established in Lyngdal together with her husband Rolf Erik Kristensen and their firebrand children.
Since then, the family has fought a long battle for Yasmin Kristensen to be allowed to stay in Norway.
But despite a great commitment from both friends, politicians and professionals, Yasmin was expelled from Norway this summer. The conclusion was supported by both the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
New life in Denmark
Now the family of five lives in Aalborg in Denmark. NRK visited them earlier this winter.
Then Kristensen was happy to finally be able to feel safe.
– It’s as if I’m flying. I can live and breathe again, it’s absolutely fantastic, Kristensen told NRK then.